Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Domingo Tibaduiza of Colombia.

Men's 5000 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates11 July
Winning time14:01.0
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Mexico
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Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record   Henry Rono (KEN) 13:08.4 Berkeley, United States April 8, 1978
Pan American Games record   Van Nelson (USA) 13:47.4 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

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KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
  Matt Centrowitz   United States 14:01.0
  Herb Lindsay   United States 14:04.1
  Rodolfo Gómez   Mexico 14:05.0
4 Enrique Aquino   Mexico 14:05.9
5 Peter Butler   Canada 14:07.6
6 Jaime Vélez   Puerto Rico 14:17.2
7 Víctor Mora   Colombia 14:17.7
8 Jorge Monín   Argentina 14:21.3
9 Luis Tipán   Ecuador 14:29.1
10 José Cobo   Cuba 15:00.5
11 Sergio Gregorio da Silva   Brazil 15:07.7
12 Luis Aquillón   El Salvador 15:22.5
Silvio Salazar   Colombia DNS
Domingo Tibaduiza   Colombia DNS
Errol Drakes   Guyana DNS
Michael Fuertado   Jamaica DNS
Luis Hernández   Mexico DNS
Lucirio Garrido   Venezuela DNS
Víctor Gil   Venezuela DNS

References

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  1. ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  2. ^ Full results
  3. ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.